When two or more people hit it off, they like each other and quickly become good friends.

Examples of use:

1. The girls met on holiday and hit it off immediately.

2. We didn't hit it off when we first met, but we became good friends later.

3. My husband and I hit it off the first time we met – we liked the same things and shared the same beliefs. 

4. We went out for a meal and really hit it off.

Can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence?

Have you hit it off with someone?

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To frown on, or frown upon something, is to disapprove of it: to believe that it is wrong and that it should not be done.

Examples of use:

1. Having an untidy garden is frowned upon in our neighbourhood.

2. Using your mobile phone in hospital is frowned upon.

3. I don't like visiting my parents. They frown on my lifestyle and tell me I am irresponsible.

4. He doesn't care if his wife frowns on his fast driving.

5. She frowns on her female members of staff wearing short skirts.

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To have words with someone is to argue with them or scold them.

Examples of use:

1. She had words with her step-father two years ago, and they haven't spoken since.

2. If they keep parking their car in my parking space I'm going to have words with them.

3. If her child doesn't stop hitting my daughter I'm going to have words with her.

4. We had words with our next door neighbours because their dog barked all night.

Can you use this expression in a sentence?

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To talk over something (or talk something over), is to discuss a problem or situation with someone.

Examples of use:

1. I have been offered a job in Japan. I need to talk it over with my husband and children.

2. Richard: I don't know what to do about my mother. She is old, and needs 24 hour care.

    Ernest: Come to my house this evening, and we can talk it over.

3. They have many problems in their marriage and they need to talk them over.

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